“I will go where you go, my country will be you. I’ll go wherever you will go. No matter where. Any place“, sang Céline Dion in her cult song that inspired the title of the film directed by Géraldine Nakache, released in 2019. In real life, these words which evoke a beautiful and solid love story unfortunately did not find an echo. When she probably thought she had found the man of her life in the person of Manu Payet, the couple broke up after nine years of relationship.
In 2015, interviewed by the magazine Marie-France, Géraldine Nakache had agreed to speak candidly about her divorce from Manu Payet. “Divorce today, we can not say that it is extraordinary. Nevertheless, for several weeks, stolen photos were published and I was especially embarrassed for my parents“, she said. They were married in 2009 and finally divorced in 2011. But their romantic relationship had actually lasted much longer than that. “It was very soft, very comfortable. We were together for nine years. What life teaches us is that life as a couple is a small battle. Because it’s maintained, it’s pampered, it’s cleaned, it’s polished…“, had for his part added Manu Payet in remarks related by TV Star.
After this hard divorce, did Géraldine Nakache (41 years old) and Manu Payet (46 years old) remain on good terms? Everything seems to believe it so ! In 2012, we could thus find them giving the reply and promoting the film We York, directed by Geraldine. In 2018, when he was master of ceremonies for the Cesar evening, Manu Payet also brought his ex-wife on stage by his side.
Since this separation, the former lovers have rebuilt their lives. Géraldine Nakache notably became the mother of a little girl named Sarah (born in 2016), from her remarriage with Jérôme Elie-Betiya. As for Manu Payet, he became the father of a girl named Lydie (born in 2017) from his romance with a certain Pauline.